Denver Public Library Western History/Genealogy Digital Collections

- Denver Public Library microfilm obituaries 1944-1959.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News, the Denver Post, and other newspapers for the years 1944-1959.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- Penrose, Colorado
- A man sits inside of a steam-driven car on the tracks of the Beaver, Penrose, and Northern railroad in Penrose, Colorado in Fremont County. The car has six wheels and two headlights. A man sits on top of the engine. Four other people stand around...
- Beaver, Penrose, and Northern (Penrose, Colo.)--1910-1920.; Penrose (Colo.)--1910-1920.; Railroad stations--Colorado--Penrose--1910-1920.; Railroads--Colorado--Penrose--1910-1920.; Steam automobiles--Colorado--Penrose--1910-1920.
- [1910?]
- Penrose house at Turkey Creek Ranch
- View of the Penrose House at Turkey Creek, the Penrose family's weekend home, at Spencer's Turkey Creek Ranch, 73000 Wood Fill Road on the Fort Carson Army Base in El Paso County, Colorado. The one-story rambling white Spanish Revival structure has...
- Penrose House at Turkey Creek (Fort Carson, Colo.)--1990-2000.; Fort Carson (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Houses.; Penrose House at Turkey Creek (Fort Carson, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Dwellings--Fort Carson (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Convention...
- 1995
- Tutt and Penrose Cabin built 1891 Cripple Creek, Colo.
- Harry Leonard and Spencer Penrose stand in front of Tutt and Penrose cabin, Cripple Creek, Colorado; one-story log cabin built in 1891 with low gable and sod roof; two saddled horses are teethered to corner of cabin; cabin includes stovepipe and...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Log cabins--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Leonard, Harry.; Penrose, Spencer, 1865-1939--Tomb.
- Feb. 1894
- In the Cripple Creek "Boom Days", April, 1892
- Group view of ten men standing on boardwalk, Cripple Creek, Colorado in front of wooden frame buildings with false fronts; commercial business district of 4th (fourth) Street; sign attached to building reads "Tutt & Penrose,"; partial view of...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Garstin, William.; Maury, Frank.; Pendleton, Jack.; Penrose, Spencer, 1865-1939--Tomb.
- 1892
- Opening of Pikes Peak highway
- People crowd the summit of Pikes Peak, in El Paso County, Colorado, at a ceremony celebrating the opening of the Pikes Peak Highway. A man looks into the camera; Mrs. Spencer Penrose (Julie Penrose) wears a bonnet in the distance.
- Pikes Peak (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dedications--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; People--Colorado--El Paso County--1930-1940.; Penrose, Julie.
- 1936
- Antlers' Garage facade Penrose Public Library parking lot
- View of the facade of the former Antlers Hotel Garage at the entrance to the Penrose Public Library parking lot located on West Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. This vernacular Mission style structure has a shaped...
- Penrose Public Library (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Facilities--1990-2000.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1990-2000.; Penrose Public Library (Colorado Springs, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Parking lots--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Pictorial works.; Colorado...
- 1999
- Cripple Creek
- Exterior view of Tutt and Penrose Building, South Third (3rd) Street, Cripple Creek, Colorado prior to 1896 fires; the two-story commercial flat-roof brick building is shared by three street-level businesses with separate entries and signs: "3rd...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commercial facilities--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Restaurants--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [between 1894 and 1896]
- Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun
- The Will Rogers Shrine, above Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, is an 80 foot tower constructed from a single boulder of local pink granite. Commissioned by Spencer Penrose, the structure was dedicated to his friend, the "cowboy...
- Deveroux, Horace--Tomb.; Leonard, William Horace--Tomb.; Penrose, Julie Villiers Lewis McMillan, 1870-1956--Tomb.; Penrose, Spencer, 1865-1939--Tomb.; Rogers, Will, 1879-1935--Monuments--1940-1950.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Monuments &...
- [between 1940 and 1950?]
- Spencer Penrose
- Two men, including Spencer Penrose, stand behind a counter while another man signs the register in the lobby of the Portland Hotel, Cripple Creek, Colorado. All are dressed in suit and ties, one with a top hat. Behind the counter is a mail rack and...
- Portland Hotel (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Penrose, Spencer, 1865-1939.
- [1895?]
- In the Cripple Creek "Boom Days," March, 1894
- Four men stand on wooden platform in front of wooden framed office building, Cripple Creek, Colorado; men are identified as: Bela Kadish, Spencer Penrose, Edward Newhouse, Charles L. Tutt, Sr.; Cripple Creek Sampling & Ore Company building is in...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Kadish, Bela.; Newhouse, Edward.; Penrose, Spencer, 1865-1939--Tomb.; Tutt, Charles L., Sr.
- March, 1894
- The Old Community Church - Penrose, Colo.
- View of the Old Community Church in Penrose, Colorado in Fremont County. The frame building has a gable and a chimney. A one-story shed with a flat roof is next to the building.
- Penrose (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Churches--Colorado--Penrose--1920-1930.; Wooden buildings--Colorado--Penrose--1920-1930.
- [1924?]
- Second annual Sunflower Carnival
- Business partners Charles L. Tutt and Spencer Penrose, Mrs. Tutt, and Nina Crosby pose in a flower decorated buggy for the Sunflower Carnival Parade, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The men wear white suits and straw hats; the women...
- Crosby, Nina.; Penrose, Spencer, 1865-1939.; Tutt, Charles L.; Tutt, Charles L. Mrs.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Carriages & coaches--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890- 1910.; Festivals--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1890-1910.; Floats...
- 1894
- In the exchange
- Interior, three men, including Spencer Penrose, pose in suits and hats at the mining exchange in the Portland Hotel, Cripple Creek, Colorado. One man stands at a high desk and holds a gavel and paper; one man stands on a ladder; another man holds a...
- Portland Hotel (Cripple Creek, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Commodity exchanges--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Hotels--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Interiors--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Penrose,...
- 1895
- Denver Public Library 1933 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1933. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- 1900 Corbett & Ballenger's 28th Annual Denver City Directory.
- Rodeo
- A cowboy flies through the air as a bronco bucks him off, Pike's Peak or Bust Rodeo, Penrose Stadium, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo--1960-1970.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Broncos--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Cowboys--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Rodeos--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.
- August 8, 1968
- Cutting ribbon on door to newly decorated dining room, Teller House
- Mrs. Spencer Penrose, wearing an evening gown and a corsage, cuts the ribbon on the door of the Teller House dining room in Central City, Colorado, while Ed Stanton stands next to her and holds a bouquet of roses.
- Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dedications--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1954
- Newly decorated dining room, Teller House
- Two men and two women pose for a photo at the Central City Play Festival during the dedication of the dining room of the Teller House in Central City, Colorado. Mrs. Spencer Penrose smiles up at the man on the left and holds a bouquet of roses in...
- Teller House (Central City, Colo.)--Facilities--1950-1960.; Central City (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Dedications--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.; Dining rooms--Colorado--Central City--1950-1960.
- 1954
- Western History Subject Index
- Penrose, Mrs. Spencer
- Denver Public Library 1931 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1931. Included in the index
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.;
- 2010
- Colorado portrait and biography index : gathered and arranged from histories, magazines, newspaper files, land records, and many other sources, 1931, 1932, 1933, Denver.
- Index originally created by Henrietta Bromwell in 1933 of 31,000 items regarding biographies and portraits of politicians, miners, club women, newspaper editors, artists, businessmen, legislators, early settlers, settlements, mines, geographical...
- Colorado--Biography.
- 1933, 2005
- Penrose Mine
- Children stand on a dirt road near the Penrose Mine in Leadville (Lake County), Colorado. A boy rides in a wagon pulled by a donkey. Shows the mine head frame, mill building, and tailing piles.
- Leadville (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Penrose Mine (Lake County, Colo.)--1890-1900.; Children--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Mine buildings--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Leadville--1890-1900.
- [between 1893 and 1900?]
- One of the living room of El Pomar Broadmoor estate of Spencer Penrose, Colorado Springs
- Interior view of a living room at the El Pomar estate of Spencer Penrose, Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. Rectangular room has a fireplace flanked by two double doors, ornate plaster door, window and cove molding, floral...
- Penrose, Spencer 1865-1939--Homes & haunts.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Interiors--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Living rooms--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- [1920]
- Will Roger's Shrine to sun [sic]
- View of the Will Rogers Shrine to the Sun near Colorado Springs (El Paso County), Colorado. Spencer and Julie Penrose, Horace DeVeroux and William Harry Leonard are interred under the Chapel floor.
- Deveroux, Horace--Tomb.; Leonard, William Horace--Tomb.; Penrose, Julie Villiers Lewis McMillan, 1870-1956--Tomb.; Penrose, Spencer, 1865-1939--Tomb.; Rogers, Will, 1879-1935--Monuments--1950-1960.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1950-1960.; Monuments &...
- [between 1950 and 1960?]
- Western History Subject Index
- Penrose, Spencer
- 1923 Corbett & Ballenger's 51st Annual Denver City Directory
- Carnegie Building addition, Penrose Library, Colorado Springs, Colo.
- View of the addition to the south or rear side of the Carnegie Building which is part of the Penrose Public Library located at 21 West Kiowa Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The circular, two-story, white brick addition has large windows framing...
- Libraries--Colorado--Colorado Springs--2000-2010.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--2000-2010.; Libraries--Colorado--Colorado Springs--Pictorial works.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
- 2001
- Cor. Tutt and Penrose blk.
- Destroyed corner section of Tutt and Penrose Building caused by second fire on April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; two-story commercial stone and brick building burned with corner demolished to rubble; remaining structure includes cornice with...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- Bennett [illegible] and Penrose Blk
- Destruction on Bennett Avenue caused by second fire of April 29, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; groups of men poke through smouldering remains and debris; scene includes burned-out two-story Tutt and Penrose building with flat roof and ornamental...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- El Pomar, Broadmoor, front view facing northwest
- View of the northwest facade of the El Pomar estate of Spencer Penrose, Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The rambling Spanish style villa is covered with ivy and has a low tile roof. An American flag is on a pole in the front...
- Penrose, Spencer 1865-1939--Homes & haunts.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Flagpoles--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Residences--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- August 1920
- El Pomar, Broadmoor, looking east, Broadmoor Hotel in distance
- View east over the terrace gardens on the El Pomar estate of Spencer Penrose, Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The garden consists of a series of stepped walkways and terraces with sculptures and fountains. The Broadmoor Hotel...
- Penrose, Spencer 1865-1939--Homes & haunts.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Dwellings--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Fountains--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Gardens--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- August 1920
- El Pomar, Broadmoor, end of garden looking south towards Cheyenne Mountain, Tea House at uppper end
- View south over the terrace gardens on the El Pomar estate of Spencer Penrose, , Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. The garden consists of a series of stepped walkways and terraces with sculptures, fountains, ballustrades, and...
- Penrose, Spencer 1865-1939--Homes & haunts.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1920-1930.; Fountains--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Gardens--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.; Residences--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1920-1930.
- August 1920
- Western History Subject Index
- Penrose, Spencer
- Western History Subject Index
- Penrose, Mrs. Spencer
- Western History Subject Index
- Penrose, Colorado
- Western History Subject Index
- Penrose, Colorado. Schools. Penrose
- Western History Subject Index
- Del Regato, Juan A
- Western History Subject Index
- Colorado Springs, Colorado. Hospitals. Penrose
- Western History Subject Index
- Colorado Springs, Colorado. Hospitals. Penrose '
- Western History Subject Index
- Colorado Springs, Colorado. Libraries. Public
- Fairmount sexton's records, 1891-1953, Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.
- Fairmount Sexton’s Records 1891-1953 list over 85,500 burials or entombments. The Fairmount Sexton Records 1891–1953 were microfilmed in 1959 by the Genealogical Society of Utah. The grave registers were arrange in rough “alphabetical...
- Fairmount Cemetery (Denver, Colo.)--Indexes.; Registers of births, etc.--Colorado--Denver--Indexes.; Cemeteries--Colorado--Denver.; Colorado--Genealogy.; Colorado--Vital records.
- 2004
- Denver Public Library 1997 obituary index : Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post.
- Index of all deaths published in the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post for the year 1997.
- Denver (Colo.)--Genealogy--Indexes.; Denver (Colo.)--Vital records.; Denver Post--Indexes.; Rocky Mountain News--Indexes.
- 1998
- 1899 Corbett & Ballenger's 27th Annual Denver City Directory.
- Master Property Record Parcel: 0000-05292-002-00
- Rebuilding over the hot ashes
- View of smouldering remains from first fire on April 25th, 1896, Cripple Creek, Colorado; three men look over debris and one man sprays water over building remains; flat roof brick and wooden frame false front buildings and the Tutt & Penrose...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; False fronts--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- 1896
- West half burned 3 days after east half
- View of two images: top image includes second fire on April 29, 1896, as it streaks across town and an explosion occurs from dynamite stored at El Paso Livery and Stable; lower image includes aftermath from second fire, debris and rubble and...
- Cripple Creek (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Explosions--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.; Fires--Colorado--Cripple Creek--1890-1900.
- [1896]
- Mining camp, west of Eldora
- View of the Happy Valley Placer Co. mining camp in the Grand Island Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado with tents and a buggy. John H. Kemp leans on the fence to the left; Engineer August Mathez stands with a transit instrument and tripod...
- Happy Valley Placer Company (Colo.)--Facilities--1890-1900.; Mining camps--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Boulder (Colo.)--1890-1900.; Mining--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Tents--Colorado--Boulder County--1890-1900.; Kemp, John H.;...
- Summer 1892
- Rodeo, the Precision
- The Precision Riding Troop of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. This view shows four uniformed riders with flags attached to their stirrups.
- Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo--1960-1970.; Royal Canadian Mounted Police--1960-1970.; Colorado Springs (Colo.)--1960-1970.; Mounted police--Canada--1960-1970.; Parades & processions--Colorado--Colorado Springs--1960-1970.; Uniforms--Canada--1960-1970.
- 1965
- Colo. State Capitol bldings
- Side view of a false front log structure, Colorado City, (capitol of Colorado Territory in 1861) El Paso County, Colorado; shows a corrugated sheet metal roof, hand-hewn timbers, weathered clapboard front with painted lettering: "Erected In 1858,...
- Colorado City (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Buildings--Colorado--Colorado City--1940-1950.; False fronts--Colorado--Colorado City--1940-1950.
- July 27, 1941